Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 227 Is that all?
Just as Luca changed his actions.

Before Si Bei could even appear, the two Moro mechs that had been relentlessly attacking Mephisto's body changed their tactics.

Luca was well aware that since Mephisto's perception could detect him in the monitoring room, the other party might also be able to hear his conversation.

Therefore, verbal orders are merely a cover.

On the left, the purple-painted Moro One was the first to raise its sword and slash upwards, aiming diagonally at the red rose on Mephisto's chest.

Mephisto strolled leisurely as before, taking a step forward as if by accident, just enough to dodge the blade aimed at the rose.

In fact, he had already done this action countless times just now.

Despite seemingly being immune to physical attacks, Mephisto would always instinctively move away whenever an attack could potentially reach the rose.

Although his physical skills as a demon, whose lifespan was unknown, far surpassed those of ordinary people, and his posture was too elegant, his dodging movements were not particularly noticeable.

However, with Luca's meticulous observation and Hakimi's assistance in analysis, Mephisto's behavior still seemed somewhat deliberate.

However, this time, the sword tip, which Mephisto had easily dodged, futilely sliced ​​across his chest again, just as before.

Suddenly, a surge of energy flowed from the arm of the Moro mech that was gripping the sword hilt and poured into the sword.

Immediately afterwards, a crack suddenly appeared in the middle of the sword, and surging purple energy burst forth on the sword.

What was once just an ordinary one-handed longsword has suddenly grown into a huge energy lightsaber the size of a door.

If you want that rose, which is less than the size of a palm, to dodge an ordinary longsword attack, you only need to subtly change your walking posture.

Therefore, in order to dodge the blows of the door-panel sword, Mephisto could not maintain his previous elegance.

As he rapidly retreated, his red and black eyes flashed.

'Has it already been discovered? That's quite interesting.'

Ultimately, Mephisto's clone wasn't particularly powerful. The reason he was able to gain the upper hand earlier was simply because he had a wider range of methods and a more refined control over magical energy.

'Oh well, a little waste is fine.'

Thinking this, Mephisto, who was quickly retreating, gripped his cane slightly.

However, before he could make a move, a dark red mech that had been poised to attack suddenly burst out from behind the purple mech he had cleared.

Behind the mecha, on the spine that resembled biological tissue, several intertwined air jets suddenly appeared.

The moment the bio-thrusters were activated, the red mech transformed into a bolt of lightning, simply and unadorned, attempting to crash its body into Mephisto.

Seeing that he could not avoid Mephisto, the smile on his face faded, and he uttered a soft remark.

"That won't do!"

As he spoke, he prepared to use the same trick again, raising his cane and unleashing his power to blast the mech that was charging towards him away.

However, just as he raised his cane, he suddenly felt a resistance in his hand.

He then realized that, without him noticing, his walking stick was tightly coiled and bitten by several metallic venomous snakes, and no matter how hard he tried, the walking stick remained firmly locked to the ground.

Meanwhile, at the far end of the corridor, Si Bei was kneeling beside the Ghost Rider, his hands forming hand seals, doing his best to maintain his ninjutsu.

As Luca's loyal subordinate, even though Luca's order for him to seize the cane was merely a smokescreen to mislead Mephisto, he would always faithfully carry out that order.

It's too late, but it's soon.

In the instant that Mephisto's staff-raising movement was delayed, the red Moro mech had already rushed to his side like lightning.

As he grasped the vibrant, scarlet rose with one hand, the entire mech slammed through Mephisto's body, instantly appearing several meters behind him. It only came to a stop after its feet left two charred marks on the corridor floor.

Without the slightest hesitation, Luca immediately controlled the red Moro and gripped it tightly.

The scarlet rose instantly exploded in the mecha's hand, turning into tiny rose petals scattered all over the ground.

And as the roses shattered, just as expected.

The seemingly ethereal 'Mephisto' that had just been standing still only flickered a few times like a frame skipping before exploding into a sky full of sparks.

Only the scepter, tightly bound by the swarm of metal snakes, remained, standing firmly in place.

"That's it?"

Tony, who was standing next to Luca, fully armed in his Mark armor and watching the fight casually, was immediately puzzled when he saw Mephisto being dealt with so easily by Luca.

"Wasn't it supposed to be some kind of Hell Lord? And that's it?"

At this moment, Tony felt that all his tension had been for nothing. He felt that this so-called Lord of Hell was not as strong as the demons that he and Luca had captured in the past few days.

However, right after Tony asked that question, before anyone else could say anything,

The cane that had been standing quietly in the battlefield corridor suddenly began to twist and swell.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, twisted and hideous demon heads, as if trying to break free of their cages, roared desperately and tried to rush out of the scepter.

"Six cups! Stop them!"

However, before Luca could finish speaking...

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen demons of various shapes and sizes broke free from the scepter's restraints and crowded into the once relatively spacious hospital corridor.

Without needing to examine them closely, Luca and Tony recognized them at a glance as special demons they had captured in recent days but had not yet killed, intending to keep them for later study.

Some of them are demons who have mastered ordinary elemental powers such as earth, fire, water, and wind, but others are strange individuals with super regenerative abilities or significantly higher intelligence.

Unexpectedly, all of these demons came out at once.

However, that's not all.

The moment these demons appeared, their forms suddenly began to rapidly split apart.

Originally there were only a dozen or so demons, but in the blink of an eye, they had split into dozens of their own kind. The smallest type of demon had split twice in succession.

Although each floor of the Orange Mansion is very spacious, it is still impossible to fit so many demons in at once.

Soon, demons smashed through the building's walls and rushed outside.

More importantly, these newly reborn demons all seem to want nothing more than to escape from here.

Even the demons closest to the Sibei and the two Moro mechs didn't seem to want to attack them. Instead, they crowded among the other demons and rushed out of the building.

Seeing this happen, Luca didn't have time to pay attention to Tony's jinx and immediately gave another order.

"Kill them all!"

After speaking, Luca paused slightly, then turned to look at Shield Mountain and Green Bull behind him, and spoke again.

"You all go too, don't let these demons spread!"

(End of this chapter)